Children hop around Greeley Family FunPlex to snag Easter eggs

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Ally Lott helps her daughter Elsie Lott, 2, get as many eggs as possible during the Easter egg hunt Saturday morning at the Family FunPlex. The baseball fields had a total of 8,000 hidden eggs.

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Cruz Mueller, 18 months, looks at one of the nearby eggs with a calm determination a few minutes before the Easter egg hunt begins on Saturday morning at the Greeley Family FunPlex at 1501 65th Ave. Cruz was among the hundreds of children that turned out that morning to gather the eggs.

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Jackson Hampton, 5, examines his opened eggs to make sure no candy was overlooked after the Easter egg hunt at the Family FunPlex. Among the eggs were 60 golden eggs. Hunters that were lucky enough to find these eggs got prizes.

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Having just arrived at the Greeley Family FunPlex ballfields Saturday morning Bryana Mendoza, 6, left, Gabriella Mendoza, middle, and Raeleigh Clement, 3, look through the fence at the thousands of eggs that sit on the other side. The baseball fields were divided into age groups to give every child a fair chance at the eggs and goodies inside.

She began to walk back toward the exit, until she realized the jacket she had in her pockets — more places to hold eggs.

Makayla and her little sister Hailie, 3, were among the hundreds of children who scoured the FunPlex ballfields for the 8,000 scattered eggs. Separate fields for various age groups helped keep the older children from scooping up all the goodies. The hunt at the FunPlex was one of at least seven similar events that went on across the county a day before Easter.

At the FunPlex, the luckiest hunters snagged one of 60 golden eggs, which the finders were able to redeem for prizes from a volunteer at a nearby tent. Cortney Jennings, one of the hunt’s organizers, said it’s hard not to enjoy the event.

“This is the third time we’ve done this,” she said. “It’s a lot of fun for the kids, and it’s just one of the things we can do for them.”

She said her favorite age group to watch is the infant to 3-year-olds.

“They’re either waddling out there by themselves, or their parents have them on their shoulders,” she laughed.